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Kirk Hamilton
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Kotaku Editor-at-Large

Gear management is something of a hybrid, but offers way more customization options than DA2. You can customize everyone's gear equally. You equip armor as a single piece along with a helmet (no worrying about matching armor sets), but then you can craft arms and legs for your armor and further customize it that way. Read more

There aren't locked chests, but there are locked doors. You'll want to roll with a rogue in your party for those. Read more

You can, yes - though the color is tied to the type of leather you use when crafting, so sometimes you'll have one piece that gives such superior stats that you'd have to go with a weaker type of leather to get the look you want. Basically, there's no dye, the color of your outfit is determined by the crafting Read more

Man, that candle. I can't decide if it's the best candle, or the worst candle. Read more

I'd say it would be good idea to read through a breakdown of what happened in 2, along with the various DLCs. I'm gonna write some kind of lore-primer for later this week, so you could just stay tuned for that, too! Read more

It's enough to make you give up that life of piracy, eh? Read more

It cracks me up looking back at this post. I was so young then! So naive! I figured I'd share a neat little thing I noticed. Little did I know that v2.00, and rest mode in particular, would be a flaming disaster. Read more

Right? I mean, look at that top image! I want to go to there. Read more

I had the same thought when I saw the announcement this morning. Strikes make up the bulk of the endgame, and I'm already sick to death of the existing ones. (If I have to fight that Archon Priest one more time...) On top of that, a bunch of people still aren't high enough level to do the raid but want something Read more

Yeah, I bought a newer white one recently and found that the material was improved. Still not perfect, but definitely a step up. I still prefer the rubber caps, but at least they're moving in the right direction! Read more

How does the height feel? I've always felt like the Xbox One thumbsticks are too tall, but do they feel different when housed in a PS4 controller case? Read more

Yeah, Gawker does an affiliate program with Amazon, though I don't know the particulars. Really, that's just where I bought the things. I'll add a note mentioning that and link to the Grip-It site. Read more

Yeah, Yannick was saying he loves Kontrol Freak. I might get some! Read more

Oh, nice - it sounds like there are a few more Halloween items you can get, too. Killing Hive on the moon will net you one of a couple other nifty little things, like a potion that changes the appearance of your respawn for 24 hours. Redditor sgtfrankleboy has a breakdown. Read more

You can get 'em at the postmaster in town—you get three. Weirdly, the first time I tried to use a mask it didn't work, even though it said it was active. I put the other two in the vault and they worked with my second character. Read more